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Mulberry

City, Polk County. Population 4,574 (2025), +2.0% on the prior year, +15.7% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Mulberry

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 6.79 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population4,574Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519794.6k high2025
Change since the prior year+2.0%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+15.7%2020 to 2025
Census 20203,9522020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Population estimates

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Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
20254,574estimate+2.0%
20244,483estimate+3.2%
20234,345estimate+7.5%
20224,040estimate+0.7%
20214,011estimate+1.5%
20203,952census-0.8%
20193,983estimate+3.1%
20183,865estimate+0.4%
20173,851estimate+0.6%
20163,828estimate+1.4%
20153,775estimate+0.7%
20143,750estimate-0.7%
20133,775estimate-0.1%
20123,780estimate-0.1%
20113,785estimate-0.8%
20103,817census+13.6%
20093,359estimate-3.1%
20083,467estimate-0.8%
20073,495estimate+1.0%
20063,459estimate+0.8%
20053,433estimate+0.9%
20043,402estimate+0.5%
20033,385estimate+4.6%
20023,235estimate+0.1%
20013,231estimate0.0%
20003,230census-3.1%
19993,334estimate+0.3%
19983,325estimate-0.1%
19973,327estimate+0.4%
19963,314estimate-0.4%
19953,327estimate+3.5%
19943,213estimate+3.8%
19933,095estimate+1.8%
19923,039estimate+0.9%
19913,013estimaten/a
19893,435estimate+1.5%
19883,385estimate+18.1%
19872,867estimate-1.4%
19862,908estimate-1.4%
19852,950estimate+0.9%
19842,924estimate-0.1%
19832,926estimate-0.5%
19822,942estimate-0.9%
19812,969estimaten/a
19792,653estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Polk County)5.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201617.6% highAug 2026
Labor force (Polk County)364,197Aug 2026
Employment (Polk County)343,756Aug 2026
Unemployed (Polk County)20,441Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.8%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

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Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 2026364,197343,75620,4415.6%
Jul 2026362,522341,41321,1095.8%
Jun 2026364,274343,47820,7965.7%
May 2026363,558343,57619,9825.5%
Apr 2026364,145343,85420,2915.6%
Mar 2026362,888343,28519,6035.4%
Feb 2026363,155342,11021,0455.8%
Jan 2026361,659339,79521,8646.0%
Dec 2025363,620343,70019,9205.5%
Nov 2025364,310342,70521,6055.9%
Sep 2025364,322345,52918,7935.2%
Aug 2025361,457342,33819,1195.3%
Jul 2025360,017341,49518,5225.1%
Jun 2025360,223342,53717,6864.9%
May 2025358,677342,94815,7294.4%
Apr 2025359,401344,73714,6644.1%
Mar 2025359,494344,32715,1674.2%
Feb 2025357,482342,30215,1804.2%
Jan 2025358,495342,73315,7624.4%
Dec 2024358,224344,05314,1714.0%
Nov 2024358,198342,42315,7754.4%
Oct 2024358,684343,09615,5884.3%
Sep 2024361,678345,66716,0114.4%
Aug 2024360,421342,88917,5324.9%
Jul 2024359,181341,85317,3284.8%
Jun 2024358,500342,03216,4684.6%
May 2024355,735341,95413,7813.9%
Apr 2024355,965343,23312,7323.6%
Mar 2024357,145343,50913,6363.8%
Feb 2024355,198341,45213,7463.9%
Jan 2024355,708341,35814,3504.0%
Dec 2023354,901341,89913,0023.7%
Nov 2023356,901343,19413,7073.8%
Oct 2023357,867343,56214,3054.0%
Sep 2023359,253345,17714,0763.9%
Aug 2023357,640342,62115,0194.2%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025360,682343,21417,4684.8%
2024357,886342,79315,0934.2%
2023354,607341,61112,9963.7%
2022345,008332,65612,3523.6%
2021335,175317,18617,9895.4%
2020324,916294,93729,9799.2%
2019312,351300,85811,4933.7%
2018304,709292,29412,4154.1%
2017299,416285,42013,9964.7%
2016294,128278,23215,8965.4%
2015279,675261,82217,8536.4%
2014276,988256,26120,7277.5%
2013277,216253,37323,8438.6%
2012275,040247,66427,37610.0%
2011276,095244,51331,58211.4%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$235.2M

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Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

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BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017$154M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$203M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error10.8%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$12.7M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$19.3M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error2.4%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$154M$203M$225M10.8%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$12.7M$19.3M$18.8M2.4%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses41New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20166 highAug 2026
Food service licenses22Aug 2026
Lodging licenses4Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses15Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months3Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)364Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+10.3%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month28Sep 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) bulk corporate data files, new entity filings by month, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses Business formations

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

Business formations are by postal city: Mulberry, which is not the city limits.

No ZIP code has its Census internal point inside this place, so ZIP Code Business Patterns are not shown.

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Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood12
2APSalcohol11
2010-NOSTfood6
2014-MFDVfood4
2003-NAPTlodging3
3PSalcohol2
11Calcohol1
4COP-SFSalcohol1
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging1

Filings by entity type, last 12 months

Sunbiz new entity filings by the ZIP code of the principal address, grouped to the USPS postal city (postal city: Mulberry)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies332293
Florida profit corporations2222
Florida non-profit corporations714
Out of state entities registering in Florida31
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months5Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 201635 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-82.1%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$2.05MAug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months5Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table212025

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

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Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Aug 2026000$0
Jul 2026000$0
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026000$0
Apr 2026220$609K
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026110$481K
Jan 2026110$495K
Dec 2025110$468K
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025330$1.29M
Apr 2025330$1.12M
Mar 2025330$1.16M
Feb 2025440$1.63M
Jan 2025770$1.64M
Dec 2024880$3.25M
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024220$661K
Jul 2024440$1.6M
Jun 2024770$2.75M
May 2024990$3.79M
Apr 2024550$1.96M
Mar 2024330$1.11M
Feb 2024660$2.26M
Jan 2024550$2.05M
Dec 2023220$965K
Nov 2023110$421K
Oct 2023550$2.01M
Sep 2023770$2.94M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202521210$7.31M
202449490$19.4M
202353510$20.3M
20221068224$33.5M
202146460$16.2M
2020550$1.39M
201935350$9.64M
2018550$524K
2017330$315K
2016110$105K
2015330$315K
2014000$0
2013000$0
2012220$162K
2011110$81K

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$546M
Total taxable value (non school)$363M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$418M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+1.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+5.2%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$536M2025 final roll
New construction value$14M2026 preliminary
Parcels1,8782026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-03

Parcels are placed by Census block group through the Census Bureau's block assignment file; a parcel in a block group that straddles the limits is apportioned. Census 2020 block groups; 59% of the county's just value lies in a place. Medians are over the parcels whose block group lies mostly in the place. Qualified sales: the roll's own sale fields, qualification codes 01 and 02, improved, single parcel.

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Median single family just value$190K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months66Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$319KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$291M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$77.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$111M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$5.13M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$11.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$14.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$29.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$5.98M2026 preliminary

Just value by use group

Department of Revenue land use codes grouped: residential 001 to 009, commercial 011 to 039, industrial 041 to 049, agricultural 050 to 069, vacant 000, 010, 040 and 070, institutional 071 to 079, government 080 to 089, other 090 to 099. Taxable is the non school taxable value. Just value change compares with the 2025 final roll, summed the same way.

Use groupParcelsJust valueTaxable (non school)New constructionResidential unitsJust value change
Residential1,232$291M$187M$11.1M1,354+1.6%
Commercial102$77.4M$72.9M$528Kn/a0.0%
Industrial86$111M$87.4M$1.31Mn/a+3.6%
Agricultural19$5.13M$1.09M$0n/a-2.9%
Vacant272$11.9M$9.01M$118Kn/a-15.6%
Institutional21$14.6M$126K$868Kn/a+4.6%
Government61$29.4M$0$0n/a+9.3%
Other86$5.98M$5.24M$0n/a+1.2%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units2,066Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199079.0% high2024
Occupied units1,8242020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units2422020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households1,4442020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households3802020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate79.2%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)30.1%2025
Cost burdened renter households46.4%2025

Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Housing data

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Severely cost burdened renters (over 50%)20.7%2025
Assisted housing developments4Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units187Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$0.9K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$335K2024

Cost burden by income, 2025

Households by the share of income spent on housing, Shimberg Center estimates for 2025.

TenureIncome (share of area median)30% or less30.1 to 50%Over 50%
All households30% AMI or less1925234
All households30.01-50% AMI131610
All households50.01-80% AMI313750
All households80.01-120% AMI211260
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI832760
Renters30% AMI or less025105
Renters30.01-50% AMI0250
Renters50.01-80% AMI68430
Renters80.01-120% AMI3700
RentersGreater than 120% AMI167370
Owners30% AMI or less190129
Owners30.01-50% AMI131360
Owners50.01-80% AMI245320
Owners80.01-120% AMI174260
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI665390

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$38.7K16
1997$38.5K15
1998$41.8K22
1999$35K23
2000$50K21
2001$48K29
2002$59K29
2003$68K26
2004$73K33
2005$96.8K42
2006$105K46
2007$116K28
2008$108K11
2009$68K7
2010$43.3K6
2011$32K9
2012$35.2K16
2013$55K11
2014$53K27
2015$79.3K14

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Eddie Woodard Apartments1009 Oak Park DriveMulberry9696
West Mulberry Hgts900 NORTHWEST 9TH AVEMulberry3636
Oakview Apartments1012 7TH PLACE, NWMulberry2929
Mulberry Homes1101 SE 3rd PlMulberry2626

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$26.4KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$32.2K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$316KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$316KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-4.6%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$14.9KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$178KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$178KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+3.1%Sep 2026

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

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Total revenues$30MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+135.4%FY2024
Total expenditures$21.2MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+74.3%FY2024
Revenues per resident$6.7KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$12.1MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-25.8%FY2025

Half-cent sales tax, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$26.4K
Aug 2026$25.9K
Jul 2026$25.9K
Jun 2026$27.3K
May 2026$28.9K
Apr 2026$26.9K
Mar 2026$25.8K
Feb 2026$28.4K
Jan 2026$24.7K
Dec 2025$26.2K
Nov 2025$25.2K
Oct 2025$24.6K
Sep 2025$27.9K
Aug 2025$27K
Jul 2025$28.1K
Jun 2025$29.6K
May 2025$30.6K
Apr 2025$29.4K
Mar 2025$26.6K
Feb 2025$29.2K
Jan 2025$26.7K
Dec 2024$26.9K
Nov 2024$24.4K
Oct 2024$25.1K
Sep 2024$26.1K
Aug 2024$25.5K
Jul 2024$26.6K
Jun 2024$28K
May 2024$29.5K
Apr 2024$28.5K
Mar 2024$26.2K
Feb 2024$28.7K
Jan 2024$25.9K
Dec 2023$26.7K
Nov 2023$26K
Oct 2023$26.9K

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$14.9K
Aug 2026$14.9K
Jul 2026$14.9K
Jun 2026$14.5K
May 2026$14.5K
Apr 2026$14.5K
Mar 2026$14.5K
Feb 2026$14.5K
Jan 2026$14.5K
Dec 2025$15.5K
Nov 2025$15.5K
Oct 2025$15.5K
Sep 2025$15.9K
Aug 2025$15.9K
Jul 2025$15.9K
Jun 2025$13.6K
May 2025$13.6K
Apr 2025$13.6K
Mar 2025$13.6K
Feb 2025$13.6K
Jan 2025$13.6K
Dec 2024$13.6K
Nov 2024$14.9K
Oct 2024$14.9K
Sep 2024$14.9K
Aug 2024$14.9K
Jul 2024$14.9K
Jun 2024$14.4K
May 2024$14.4K
Apr 2024$14.4K
Mar 2024$14.4K
Feb 2024$14.4K
Jan 2024$14.4K
Dec 2023$14.4K
Nov 2023$14.4K
Oct 2023$14.4K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2025$12.1M-25.8%
FY2024$16.3M+144.1%
FY2023$6.67M-8.4%
FY2022$7.28M-46.6%
FY2021$13.6M+8.4%
FY2020$12.6M+55.1%
FY2019$8.11M+17.6%
FY2018$6.89M+3.5%
FY2017$6.66M-4.6%
FY2016$6.98M-5.4%
FY2015$7.37M-18.8%
FY2014$9.08M+30.7%
FY2013$6.95Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$4.08M$3.54M+15.2%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$2.28M$2.02M+12.7%
Intergovernmental Revenues$3.49M$1.62M+115.3%
Charges for Services$4.91M$4.4M+11.5%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$122K$61K+100.5%
Miscellaneous Revenues$142K$366K-61.2%
Other Sources$15M$750K+1902.8%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$3.76M$3.39M+11.0%
Public Safety$1.91M$1.85M+3.2%
Physical Environment$4.12M$3.83M+7.7%
Transportation$900K$864K+4.1%
Economic Environment$4.04M$488K+728.0%
Culture / Recreation$1.14M$1M+13.0%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$5.35M$750K+613.3%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$84.8MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$95.2M high2026
Change on a year earlier+0.9%June 30, 2026
Change, real-2.2%June 30, 2026
Branches1June 30, 2026
Institutions1June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026
Branches closed since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026

FDIC Summary of Deposits, Florida offices, every June 30 since 1994, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Bank deposits

Offices whose reported city is Mulberry.

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Offices, June 30, 2026

Deposits as each office reports them to the FDIC; the city is the one the bank reports, not a municipal boundary.

InstitutionBranchAddressCityDeposits
Truist BankImperial Lakes Branch5980 Imperial PkwyMulberry$84.8M

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